| 英语单词 | gallant |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['ɡælənt] 美 ['ɡælənt] |
| 中文释义 | adj.英勇的;(男子对女子)殷勤的;华丽的;雄伟的 n.时髦男士;对女子殷勤的男士;求爱者 v.献殷勤 |
| 英语例句 | (1) These gallant soldiers will protect our country. (2) He was very gallant at the ball. (3) Her poverty had been a venial fault for two gallant gentlemen. (4) The garden was made gallant with tulips. (5) That gallant house was once the home of a nobleman. (6) Jane waited for him to play the gallant, but he showed no interest. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 这些勇敢的士兵会保卫我们的国家的。 (2) 他在舞会上对妇女大献殷勤。 (3) 她的贫穷对那两位殷勤的绅士而言,只是一个微不足道的缺点。 (4) 花园里种著郁金香显得气派不凡。 (5) 那座富丽堂皇的房子从前是一个贵族的家。 (6) 简等着他求爱,可他却显得毫无兴致。 |
| vocabulary简明 | If you volunteered to deal with removing a huge, hairy spider from your bathroom ceiling, your whole family would be grateful for your gallant actions. The adjective gallant means "heroic or brave." |
| vocabulary扩展 | In the past, gallant was used to describe a man's behavior toward a woman, especially if he saved her from something or helped her with something she was unable to do on her own. It can still be used that way, but more often it describes any kind of bravery, and it is just as correct to describe a woman's bravery as gallant as it is a man's. |
| 柯林斯解释 | Also pronounced /gə'lænt/ for meaning 3. 义项3亦读作/gə'lænt/。 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]英勇的;勇敢的;高尚的 If someone is gallant, they behave bravely and honourably in a dangerous or difficult situation. [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
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2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]顽强的;奋力的 A gallant effort or fight is one in which someone tried very hard to do something difficult, although in the end they failed. [ADJ n] [approval] [WRITTEN 笔语]
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3 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](对女子)殷勤的,彬彬有礼的 If a man is gallant, he is kind, polite, and considerate towards women. [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
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